A Service of The Arrow           Monday March 27, 2000 8:56 PM

Advanced research biology students take over Salt Lake City Symposium

By: Frank Janes

ARROW STAFF

Although junior KC McBroom never gave fruit flies a second thought before this school year, but they’re now flying her all the way down to Salt Lake City.

As a new member of the research biology class, McBroom began independently researching the effects of the herbicide Curtail on the growth and development of the insects.

"It’s the first big science project I’ve ever done." says McBroom. "It gets a little repetitive, but it’s really interesting."

Thanks to the quality of her work, McBroom has been selected to present her project at an annual science event March 1-4 in Salt Lake City, Utah, along with eight other FHS students.

"We’ve been invited to the Intermountain Junior Science and Humanities Symposium." said biology teacher Linda deKort. "Students are selected to go based on research papers they have written and submitted."

Papers are selected based on how logical, interesting, and well written they are, says deKort.

"The symposium receives papers from students in Utah, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and Idaho," says deKort. "Out of all of those papers the top 34 are asked to make presentations of their project."

Flathead has been participating in this symposium since 1995, and the most FHS students invited in one year up until this year was four. That number has increased to nine, more than one fourth of the total students invited to the event.

"Flathead students have been excellent in participating in this event. They’ve been very representative at the competition," says Teri Josephson, one of the organizers of the symposium. "Linda deKort has an excellent program put together up there."

The nine chosen students are now busy gearing up for the event. They are continuing to gather data and further their research. They often are at school at 7:30 in the morning and on weekends to polish up their presentations. They have also been giving practice presentations to various classes in the high school.

DeKort is very proud of her students for the effort and time they have put into these projects.

"These students are role models in all aspects of their lives, not just science," says deKort. "Its nice to see students like these receive this honor."

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